AMORPHOPHALLUS GIGAS × (AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM × AMORPHOPHALLUS 'JOHN TAN')

Hybrid

PARENTAGE:

Amorphophallus gigas × (Amorphophallus titanum × Amorphophallus 'John Tan')

HYBRIDIZER:

Steve Jackson

DESCRIPTION:

A hybrid of Steve Jackson's. Andrew Vieira-Darland, who had the tuber from Alexander Egan, showed it coming into growth in August 2025.¹

Steve Jackson showed it in flower in Cairns, Australia, on October 28th, 2026. Crossing Amorphophallus gigas with Amorphophallus titanum had always been on his bucket list, he wrote, but he could never get the two to flower within the same year or two.²

NOTES:

1. Steve Jackson: Amorphophallus gigas (ovule) × (Amorphophallus titanum × Amorphophallus 'John Tan') (pollen); reported 2025.¹

REFERENCES:

1. Andrew Vieira-Darland, post in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, August 13th, 2025

2. Steve Jackson, video in the Amorphophallus Facebook group, October 28th, 2026

Photos by Andrew Vieira-Darland

Photos and video of the inflorescence by Steve Jackson

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